Political Funeral

The leader of the Official Opposition in Canada passed away last week after a difficult battle with cancer.

I can't begin to explain how I felt when I heard the news. Utter shock and sadness would start, I suppose. I identified with Jack, not only over his sense of optimism and political policies but also because he suffered from cancer. In the last election, he did what many thought was unthinkable: he brought his party to Official Opposition status. During the election campaign, his true charisma and humbleness became present. I think that that's what attracted many people to vote the way they did.

He announced a second battle with cancer and stepped away from politics earlier in the summer. I thought he would fight this struggle valiantly and would come back after some time. I never imagined he would lose his struggle.

Today was his funeral. He was given a full state funeral. They even televised it for everyone to see. I watched this with great interest. Although it was supposed to be a celebration of life, I have to admit, I balled my eyes out. What a loving tribute to a great great man. I'm very fortunate to be able to have stayed at home while I watched it. I think, somehow, that Jack's legacy of hope, optimism and love of his country will live on.

Good bye Mr. Layton. May your pain and suffering cease and yet may the work you have started continue by the many millions of people your life touched.

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Lynn

Logan Lake

I haven't been to Logan Lake for quite a while. I have only been there once before on our way to our favourite lake.

However, since the range is there, we decided to stop by in the town. It was there I saw this:

This was the town's visitors centre. It was the biggest pieces of equipment I have seen! It came from the local mine a while ago.

We stopped for a brief look around but had to get going so I didn't get to go inside. But how neat!

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Lynn

Dr. Pepper - Cherry

Just a quick mention... this is my 100th post! I can't believe I made it this far! I never thought I would get so much accomplished!
While out at the range today, it was dreadfully hot. When coming back into town we stopped at a corner store to get something to drink. This store, in a tiny little town, had Dr. Pepper Cherry!
Well, not having had this before, I had to try it. It was pretty good.

I'll have to see if the stores around here carry this!

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Lynn

Logan Lake Firing Range

I have never been to a firing range before. Although I had some major apprehensions about going, I went. My father in law and husband have ample experience with this and I thought I would just be able to sit back and watch their shots.

Such was not the case. They set up a competition and of course I had to participate. The good news is that it was a .22. The bad news was that other people were there shooting much bigger guns. The shots they took were so loud!
However, despite the fact that my husband is much more experienced than I am, I came in second in the competition. My father in law came first.
Here is my target:

I can't believe I beat my husband shooting.
The range was outside but had everything that was needed:

More good news is that my husband's guns are sighted in for the trip we are going to take in two weeks, which was the initial point in going in the first place.

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Lynn

Monck Provincial Park

What another epic day today was! I'll blog about the day as it happened.

My husband wanted to go to a firing range in Logan Lake. Because I had never been there before and my father in law likes shooting we invited him along.
Well going out today, I found out my sister and brother in law were also out that way camping. So we decided to surprise them with a visit.
They were camping at Monck Provincial Park, which is past Merritt heading towards Kamloops. It was very warm, when we arrived just before 11. However, what a nice park to camp at. They had flush toilets, a sandy beach but not much shade.
I think perhaps next year Tyler and I will try camping there in the early spring.
Here are some pictures:

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Lynn

August 19th- Deer

After we got the car cleaned, we decided the car needed to dry off so we went to one of my favourite parks in Langley: Derby Reach for a walk.

The salmon are running now (sockeye, pinks) so we stopped to watch the river for a bit. We saw seals and the salmon jumping. It was quite a nice evening to watch all of this happening in our backyard!

While coming home tonight, we saw two black tailed deers:

My apologies, it looks like the cell phone does not take the closest shots. Here is an edited shot:

There were two black tailed deer. My husband stopped the car and I got the camera out. What a nice surprise this was!

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Lynn

August 19th - Automatic Car wash

Again, no more pictures! Sorry!

I hate getting the car washed in one of those automatic car washers. I have heard so many horror stories of using those that I refuse to ever go in one by myself.

Tonight my husband decided that was the only way our car was going to get clean on the outside. So he wanted to take it through one of these car washes. I didn't want any part of this! However, my husband turned on the car radio and drove the car through himself.

That helped a little bit, but not much. I guess I just don't like the fact that the equipment moves so close to the car that I'm afraid it will get scratched or something! However, tonight it didn't get too close and the car looks much better.

I still don't think I'll ever do this by myself!

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Lynn